The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-13
FOUND THE LAND.

II am looking for land" said n well
dressed man, addressing squint-eyed
old fellow who stood with his back
against tree.
"Wall, l reckon you've found It,
Plenty NV il round here everywhar.
Mout ride all day, an lessen you went
toward some water course you wouldn't
see nothin' else but land"
II presume not" the stranger laugh
ingly replied.
You do whutp" = .Sat~MTrA2
"Presume not" = - ~ea 81
$50 on"
what u exclaimed the stranger,
surprised at a remark so dscourteous.
81 say 90 on. A man that says he
presumes not amt got no show here.
One teller come presumin' round here
some time ago. and shortly afterwards
three NV the finest mules in the neigh
borhood was missin. "
II will not presume then," said the
good humored stranger"
"All right"
"As l said just now, am looking for
land"
"An' as | said Jest now, l reckon
you've found it.
al suppose So"
do whut?" - a.
81 said that 1 suppose So"
"Go on, now"
Have made another mistaken"
II don't know bout that, but I'll
tell you what l do know. A Teller
come supposing round here last spring,
an the fust thing we knowd some
Teller had done set fire 10 the meetin'-
house.
II am sorry that this neighborhood
has been visited by such bad men. l
will try to avoid giving you cause for
remembering me in such way. How
far is it from here to the county seatp"
Don't know. Amt never seed the
county take er seat yit."
81 mean the town where your coun-
ty business is donep"
Don't know. Never seed the coun-
ty with no business on hans"
"How many acres have you hereP"
"All that I've got air right here"
''How many do you ownP"
Don't know"
Doesn't your deed specifyP" 10y
Deed do whatp" 4.
''Specfy the number of acres"
go on, now; run along"
you are surely strange man.
Eyes, an so was Teller that come
round here specifyin' last fall. Fotch
the hog cholera with him in his clothes,
an come mighty nigh breakin' us bod
atiously up"
"See here, now, aside from all fool
ishness, | want to know something
about this country. The chances are
that railroad will soon be run through
this community, crossing the Mississippi
river near here. am man OF pretty
good judgment, and it's my opinion
that there is money to be made right
here. tell you this to show you that
/ don't want to take any advantage of
you. Now. tell me how many acres
have you hereP"
1.-Two hundred"
"What will you take for the tractP"
Don't know"
"Will give you five thousand dol
lars"
"Whar's your money!"
"l'll put up two hundred dollars OPP
ton, to close the trade, you understand,
and will give you the remainder day af-
ter tomorrow, when we will go TO the
COUNTY seat and get the deed"
"All right"
They went over to n cross-road store
where the contract was drawn up.
The two hundred dollars were paid and
the stranger departed. The next day
a well dressed man came along, and
seeing the old fellow standing with his
arms resting on pole fence, said"
Had the best drink of water down
at the spring | ever drank in my lite.
I'll be willing to bet that it will cure
any case of kidney disease. Who owns
this placer"
"Ido.n
want TO sell itp" s1rI
sold ii yistiday." g.
"How much did you getp''
"Five thousand dollars"
Sorry you sold it have taken mp
AN idea of settling here, and | don't
know of place that suits me better
than this, especially when l consider
that spring. Has the man who bought
it paid you yetP"
mot all.
81 would have given you seven thou
sand in cash."
"You don't say so!''
Eyes, and II you can buy of from
that other fellow, do it. I'll see you
again"
When the purchaser returned, the old
fellow said: "rm ready now TO go
with you an fix up them papers"
Gail riUht | wouldn't take five